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LITERARY REVIEW. AN AUTUMN near the RHINE; or, SKETCHES of 'COURTS, SOCIFIY, SCENERY, in sonic of the GERMAN STATES bordering nn the Rhine.--In Octavo. Piinted ft, LoNciNANT, Bunn, TREES, Oa t, iltld BROWN, Patprnoster-row. In spite of the extensive emigrations of our countrymen to the Continent, it is really sot.- ising to reflect how little accurate and general i—formation we possess of the manners, the so cial habits, the customs, in short of all that is -comprehended in the word society, in many coon tries whose latitude and longitude vary very little trom our own. Whin we have ascertained the geographical limits, the geological peculiarities, And the topographical features of th'e surface of the globe occupied by our near neighbours, Cu- riosity too often appears satisfied, and inquiry stops, with Out reflecting that the most interesting subject, the People, still remains unexplored, compared to which the object of our first obser- vat ions are but as the straw-built hive in compa- rison with the interesting tenants of its internal Republic. Every traveller who offers his hicu- brations to the world is sure to record the Cattle- a, ids, the Museums, the Statues, the Galleries, he has visited ; but few appear to have inclination, and still fewer opportunity, to direct their obser vations to the manners, the mode of life, of the inhabitants ; and yet these topics afford an inex- haustible fund of observation, and amusing and in etructive description. It is principally as etnbrac► iug these topics, as presenting a lively picture of society and manners at the German Courts, and in some of the small German Capitals near the Rhine, that Cie Work before us lays claim to at tention. Instead of taking his ideas of society from the table d'hote, or the Diligence (the sources which often furnish Authors with elegant disser- cations en Society), the Author of this Volume appears to have had access to the best circles, and to have noted with ad observing eye the pe- Culiarities of manners, amusements, and social habits. The Work is in the shape of Letters, and we make an Extract almost at random : " I had the satisfaction of seeing more of the Grand Duchess of Weimar, at a Fete and Ball with which her Illustrious Guests (the Grand Dkikt and Pitches, of He•se) entertained her at an Orangerie of the Grand Duke, a mile from Darm stadt. This may be taken as a fair specimen of the summer• amusements with which the German Princes vary the eternal ennui of daily state dinners. Those who witness the long journies, through sandy roads, to dine inconveniently in annte old 11“111ing Chateau, whose long corridors, lined with stags' branches, echo to the rarity of human footsteps, and where the Prince meets his ancestors, the old Landgraves or Mat graves, on the w 4113, in all the state of bags, raffles, and cobwebs, may conceive the toll force of the mo tive which actuates these journies after pleasure. The Gardens of Besstmgen are small, and prettily laid out, with a Summer-house in the middle, in which the Court dined, and a handsome Orangery, to which the evening assembly, intended fur a Fete Champetre in the Gardens, was obliged, by unpropitious weather, "to be adjourned. The Court had dined at the usual primitive hour (two o'clock), and the evening visitors, who, by a plea sant abatement of state, were permitted to appear without swords or trains, were assembled by five o'clock. The Orangery, a spacious building in a Garden, laid out in the French taste, Mil!, deco rated with ranges of orange trees and festoons of flowers, on the spur of the occasion. When the company was assembled, the Court arrived from the Summer-house, where they had dined; the Grand Duchess entering, arm in arm, with her Illustrious Sister front Weimar, suirouuded by the Official Ladies and Gentlemen of their suites. The two Princesses then made the tour of the circle in the ordinary style, commencing with the ladies, among whom youth and virginity often gives the privilege of a condescending kiss, w bile the matrons are only honoured by a few words of passing politeness. Whets the two Grand Duchesses bad finished their arduous progress, and were seated side by side on chairs prepared for them at the upper epd of the hall, tea, coffee, and substantial cakes were banded - about in abun dance. A favourite Waltz, struck up by a military' baud, among the orange trees at the lower cud, afforded a signal for (lancing, to which German Bytom are never remiss in attending. After the initiatory Polonaise (e promenade rather than a dAnce, in which the Dowagers join who have bid adieu to livelier exertions), Waltzing commenc ed. lu an instant the beaux were at their posts, encircling their fair partners' waists, headed by the little Duke of Anhalt-Cothen, an amiable young Sovereign of fifteen, who already shows proficiency in the first accomplishment of the German Prince and Peasant. The ladies all par tAking this national passion, readily overlooked inconvenience of a paved floor, which re quired toes .unplagued with corns,' to be at all supportable ; and the boots and spurs of the officers in full • uniform were no impediment to grace or agility. A pretty girl Waltzing with great gaiety was dressed in becoming black, with an orange coloured corlon slung across her breast. It was a young . Chanoinesse, in the costume of the Convent des Dames Nobles, at Frankfort, one ot the very few of these establishments still exist ing. Protestant and Catholic Noble Ladies are here alike adtaitted - , and enjoy, besides a yearly allowance of some hunched florins, board, lodg ing, and equipages, under the superintendanee of an Abbess. They are subject to none of the strict regulations of a relig:;:er. order. They leave the Convent when they like, somftitnes Are sot fertd to retain their peusons when tuarigd, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALsUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1818. We yesterday stopped the Press to announce the arrival of the Paris Papers of Monday last. — They maintain a guarded silence with respect to the Conspiracy. _ _ The Kt:NG had a numerous ant'. splendid Cotzrt at St. Cloud on Sunday last. A Madrid article, dated the 25th ult. complains that two Insurgent privateers insult every day the Spanish Flag, within sight of by making captures of vessels, and that- they, in fact, block ade the Port. The accounts from Lausanne give further de tails of the damage caused by the torrent arising from the passage of the obstructed waters of the llrance. At the village of Champsec 52 houses were destroyed ; at Sain Brancher and Martigny also many buildings were demolished. A great number of lives were lost, and cattle and property were destroyed to an immense amount. The course of destruction was only stayed by the tor rent 'finding its way to the Rhone. The French Envoy Extraordinary at Stock holm had a formal audience of the KING on the ISth ult. to congratulate his MAJESTY• on his.ac cession to the Throne. The Emperor and Empress of AUSTRIA were to arrive at Guntz, in Liangary, on the 2d inst., and at Baden the 3d. A ditainguibhed General, a Member of the Mi litary Committee of the Germanic Confederation, is stated to have proposed a plan for the defence of the Western frontier of Germany, which in cludes the construction of two new fortresses on the Upper Rhine. The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, valid] were due this morning, have not arrived. As every thing relative to the recent Conspi racy at Paris, first communicated by this Paper, is of great importance to all Europe, inasmuch as it skews the factious state of France, covered at present by a thin veil of specious tranquillity, we renew the subject. The Paris Papers, as we stated yesterday in a Second Edition, are atilt most cautiously silent on the subject; and with good policy, for the French Government is still employed in a full development of the Plot; as there are Persons said to be concerned in it, who mast have been urged by an excess of ambition approaching towards insanity, but whose names we do not think it proper to mention: Though it is understood to have been the intention of the Conspirators, after the compulsory abdication of TIIR KING, to place MONSIEUR on the Throne, yet it does notsappez,r that the latter was eon ,cert2ed in the Pl'ut. Hew a s on ly to be a slop gdp 'till another branch of the Blood Royal should take his place, - who in turn would soon have been removed, and then, during the general conftision that would be the result, a war`O(fac tioni would have arisen, and most probably have terminated in "the trill - mph . of the Jacobins:. The Ultra Royalists cannot be cured of old prejudices, or be convinced that it is absolutely impossible to restore the former order of affairs, and being weak, rather than mischievous, they know not ' how duly to estimate the. Jacobin Character, not withstanding all the terrible lessons of experience. Hence th`ey may have . been tempted to. take some part in the plot, being mere instruments in the hands of those who are more cunning than them selves. The following Letter, which we have extracted from The Times of i this day, will fully justify ail that had been said by our Correspond ent, as well as our own remarks on the subject : " PARIS, .JULY 6.—The clouds that cuter the conspiracy, which has for this week past been the subject of general con versation, begin to clear up. It appears to have been serious and daring in the plan, but weak and absurd as to the means of execution. Among the persons judicially arrested are the Vendean Marshal de Camp Cbapdeleires ; M. de Romilly, Chief' of the S taff to General Canuel, when a' Lyons; and M. de Sungcs, Aide-de.Cawp to the same General, who it is said has fled. " In the superior ranks of society, such details respecting the conspiracy are given as I should nut choose to repeat to you, lest some susceptible gentleman of this country should take a fanCy to institute an action on the'subject: • " What might be the consequence, for instance, were I, in conformity with public rumour, to name as the principal au thors of thii machination precisely the sane personages whom public opinion has pointed out as having contributed to the Ultra4toyalist correspondence with the Allied Ca . bi nets ?" But we have received private.intormation to the same effect, in addition to that communicated by • • our Correspondent, and with these. several cor roborations we conceive that . The New Times will not be disposed to persevere in the assertion that the plot was absolutely unknown in Pa ris, except to a few individuals. But the temper of the factious in Paris, the probability of new, and, perhaps, more successful plots, apd the consequences likely to occur, are - matters of powerful interest 'to all Europe; and, therefore, whatever may be the intention of the Continental Rulers respecting the proposed, withdrawal of 'the Allied Armies, •we trust that the British Cabinet will deeply consider the 'subject before it can be induced to coincide in a measure so - pregnant with universal danger. s• We deem it our public duty again to call the attention of Governmot to the preparations going forward to collect perhaps the largest con course of people ever assembled in this Metro polis. We have inserted in another part of our Paper, this day, 'the Programme of the intended Procession, and.when we consider that the BUR DETT multitude will consist of the Spenceans, who want to partition out the whole landed property of the United Kingdom, the Spa field Reformers, who. want to subrert the `Constitution, and the whole tribe of Levellers . and Jacobins, who are in cessantly on the. watch to latroilua - Democracy and` Anarchy, as well as the fbetious Orators; who delivered their inflammatory harangues on the Wes tminster Hustings, and whO, no doubt, will address the multitude in thecourse of the Procession, we conceive that Government will be lamentably and most reprehensibly deficient in duty, unless they make the most vigorous preparations to avert the danger. But we trust that Ministers are fully aware of the peril, and . will adopt the best mea sures for the protection of the Metropolis.—But it ought to be observed, that the day selected for this alarming procession, which, certainly cannot be tolerated by Lew, is the most disorderly day in the whole week, and therefore such selection may be considered as a strong indication of the inten tions of the Leaders of this alarming assemblage pf the worst people that can be found in the worst parts of the Metropolis. • NEW PARLIAMENT, - • MEMBERS RETURNED. 4yr (County)—Lieut.-General James Montgomery. Berwickshire—Sir J. Marjoribauks. Kinross-shiri—Tbowas Graham. rimes to sell their sitnations. These institutions, which formerly abounded in Germany, have beeny. with few exceptions, pillaged of their funds and: abolished in late years, to, the great disadvantage of the poor and haughty Noblesse. " In the interval 3 olthese rotatory *wires we were rega'ed with punch, - froit, cakes, leinonade, kalt whale, or wine soup and sour milk. These two last nrinkahles are very common in summer, partteelarly on rural occasions. Kali whale, or a cold bowl, is a pleasant composition of wine, lemon, currants, &c. served up in soup-plates ; sour milk hears.an honest name, and.is, neither more nor less than milk put into, a jar in a cellar, till it heeowes sour and curdy, a curious process, similar to that which produces sour krout. This celebrated national dish is nothing more than finely sliced cabbage, pressed down in jars, sprinkled with salt, and kept till . fermentation gives it that putrid acidity so congenial . to the German palate.. The evening at liessuegen was gay and agreeable, in spite of the .wretchedness of the weather, and the coldness of the - scene of action. There was less of ceremony than on the generality of Court entertainments. The Prin cesses as usual, affable.and conversable, were less intrent lied within the barriers of etiquette • thAn in the saloons of the palace, and . the opporttkuity which I tints acquired for a further acquaintance with the interesting Grand Dnchess of Weimar was my principal resource during the. evening, not having at that time acquired dhe art of whirl ing like a top, witirout being, like a top, in danger of losing the perpendicular as soon as the motion ceased." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Pethomed I,a.tt Night. THEATRE ROYAL, CoveNT-GAstom—Bellamira: Montalto, Mr. Young, Bellamira, 'Miss O'Neill. After which, La Chasse. To which was added, Who Can 7Be ? ThEATits; ROYAL;ENGIASIt OPERA, til'itANn.—The Dvenna Don Carlos, ,Ir. Beaman ; Clara, Miss Carew. after which,. La Perouse. MAILS. ARRIVEP-1 Dublin, 3 Waterford, 2 Lisbon, 1 Flanders. Due-1 Guernsey and :Jersey, 1 Gottenburgh, 1 Hoiland, 2 Haniburgh. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS HAY AT TWELVE O'CLoCK. 2 per Cent. Red• 784/ Bank 1.. Ann.... 20 5-16tlis a 3 per Cent. Cons.... 77i/ii India Bonds... .995, pr. 8i per Cent. BB/ 88 Exch. Bills, 2d...195. 21s.lpr. 4 per Cents .961/ I Ditto, Rid.. 20s. 21s. pr. 5 per Cent. N. Ann. 105 i 108 Omnium. dii. 111 pr. 105 i/ Cons. for Account, 79i 79 78i HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 2 minutes after . 7. I Evening, 5L minutes after 7. STATE OF POLLS AT Breconshire,(Sth hay.)—Majority for Colonel Wood, Berks, July Neville ' 1187 I)nndas Hallett 4)O We have full authority to state that the asser tion of Mr:CLEARY from the Covent•garden Hustings, during the late Election, that the Am bassadors at our Court had interfered in the con test, is a malicious falsehood, none of those high and honourable characters having either directly or indirectly interfered on that 6, any other oc casion of a similar nature.—(Morning Post ) TILE QIIRRN.—The report of the,QuBEN yes terday was, " Her Majesty his bad a good night, and is better this morning." .Yesterday, at a quarter to four o'clock, the PRINCE 111101 INT left Carlton-house for Kew, and previous to his departure he received visits from the Dukes of YORK and CLAKENCE, and also gave audience to. Count Mvssrsa. BURDETT LEADER. We are sorry to be obliged CO annnunc: to dis ( " rw a circumstance which is likely the harmony of the grand triumphal Prncer sion intended' to take place on Mon d4 11` in honour of the person who was sec ond on Poll at the conclusion of the Westminster. "(7 test, contrary to the " prognosticating prop 3: of his supporters, importing tnat he wou ld be its Head. it seems that the Leader of this Pi°. cession, not the Political Leader, whose for enables him to support the Purity of f lecti° : by enormous expenditure, and who is enns ot quently above pecuniary temptation, a nd „ I to likely to become a " petty larceny rogue) deA use the words of Mr. Peachum,—but the inters 0 Leader of the Band, and provider o f the mu sic ' ° to the ensuing sublime occasion, has been taken into custody fur having stolen a Lottery T icket. ate( of Lottery Office in Somerset-place. The nal t, the man is LAYTON, and the circums tances act o f tending the detection of this extraord inary dishonesty in a Burdettite are as follo w :---lA'll.Qof went to the Lottery Office, under prele nce . o 4 enquiring the fate of a ticket , and bel wo g nimble in the fingers as a musician, willing to try whether his hand could ./ be applied with equal dexterity to other matters s° After having taken away the Ticket, he wa s . to unguarded as:,to call again at the same ( O c lo t renew his inquiry. In the mean time the Ic , o o was missed, and on his second visit, his P er k o, was secured, and the Ticket found i n his 0 4 it , He was, of course, taken bef ore a j ori g so l i° f trate, and committed to Tothill-fields t ip where be is now contemplating bars , 13 0 0 the way of his profession, but probAblY out of his practice.—The man, it seems , e 5 P f great surprise that his person as a Burd etiit pei not respected, and that he should be ctill y i c i , just on the eve of the time whe n his 5g "r" would be required. LAY TON, we prestilli,e'itable Performer on a wind-instrument, as ni° st st bat hi s to the occasion, but had probably no i"e"tobl" 11C ' performance on this occasion would tine Tie is said to be conversant in thorough bliss;toiast Burdettites are all in dismay on this O f° ol d event, and deeply lament that this man sh° c ard els ' obliged to make a stop so likely to pr od" ' h one but are somewhat consoled, that tbe" tut ti° Leader is in Tothill-fields the other is f RC Tower, but will be at the head of a Ba nd 00 ° formers on Monday, though he could von hat on . the Poll. SHIP NEWS.: r=~ . liaN DEAL, ittLY 9.—Sailed for the Itiver, the Brown; front trom the Cape cf Good Hope. Five o'clock.—Two large ships, supposed to be tbe 4°°' Miller and the Baring, from the Easttlndicsy e ju" round the South Foreland. crolo Poor., Jun' 9.—Arrived the Hawke cutter from v:13,1 FALMOUTLI, JULY 7.—Passed u p Channel, the "" tyt d iatna n , after landing a passenger froN 0 P 1 0 3 : ' i;e ; 15 - t e ° sl from Calcutta 13th January, same month, and from St. Helena sth of DI°~• SI both With slij Pustscript.—Just arrived, two on the f t r h om Lisbon, the Prince Ernest in•l'l"l4ssailed`2ld °ll4 e Duke of Kent, sailed 27th ult. . w 0 04 fr ; LivettrooL, JULY B,—Arrived the Ariadoe, 100 New Orleans; sailed from Bali7e 19th May; o n tb e . 3 O lt , spoke ns the ship SWanwick, from Cork for Philadelfhl,:lia°f; the 18th out 59 days, and supplied ber wi th Pr o c tl o4 :( on t same month, spoke the Chesapeol'*.otod, York for Amsterdam, out 10 day's; she had rues- Island of Ice on the 16th, and carried awaY bayt, foremast, and the head of her mainmast, coahltlifia :t her chief mate overboard; they were f e r 'r damages, but did not want any assistance. C V __-_ o f ~ f i Yesterday, at four o'clock, the Vukce„ate c' RENCE left town for Kew ; about th e ; - 01 ;rit / ,e 1 the Princess ADELAIDE of SAXE- SIR S w tP mother, left ' Grill° cotnpanied by her B' l' Yesterday the Duchess of GO ° P for Kew. c0d505,131 Princess AUGUSTA visited the Dik e 811- rt incc t e of KENT and his Royal Highness til e o rils an d a fter% ' SAxE CoaOURG at Claremont, • 11l turned to Kew to (line. / or i' , ROXBURGH CLUB.—Tile .Ann [{l1 4 /61';1' Literary l Association was celebrated tlt,ltieriorio' 1 aris, in a way which must be hi,gblY v rA rY ~c o r e its Members : several distinguished li ie o f o f. ii racters of that capital were present, °, ne o ot Y o re' a Greek Professor, recited some e' eg- ,/ OUP moo , 0; ~ verses, composed for the occasioo. v o i l lit l i' priate toasts were drank in tile ' 1 " 11 ; re 1 ,014 ' t ' with three times three. The ertl"c,r, 4 1 ° 1 0 , ` ocp(frmetslnlitedreyKnmtinagnalts tthish e 1 t Library, ceov 7 v ll 1 ‘. i l , o i i r n a .s i : en meetingn i r o i i v s i :, t ir e (' S 'i`' l •i'l 1 011 President. ~ yeo N v , On Friday last, the Mid [Athol' rd w 1 1 ,0 I, under the command of their Colf i ne ;; e ll3 o . e f 0 1 1 VILLE, On permanent duty in 0,“1" pirtl.o ti Edinburgh, after the usual parade °l'etbet,losl, corps, marched to Leith to dine " boll', ( ' Assembly Rooms. At four o'clocl"tbe rilo. VILLE took the chair, supported o il or ol 51r ol fi l e Sir GEORGE CLERK, Baron CLl;s t " p AD Va ifl f ,' Foßn Es ; on the kit, by the Vi'officers 11; HUGH HOPE, Esq. &c. all fortnerlY WO' c Mr. lo t([l'e regiment, with the exception of -- ,,s so t ` ,,ts,o l ‘ wards of 260 O ffi cers and Pri"7o W l' J i jel l dinner, when, after the usual 10 sped" oi,:elf Colonel, in a neat and approri3let ;evell('Ow good afternoon, at about half rsordeli the whole dispersed, with ,reti rct different quartegi. , '